Selected Abstracts
Hypertension
Endothelium, Nitric Oxide
h 
Endothelial cells contain a novel angiotensin (1-7) binding
site
Genetics
h
Association of angiotensin gene haplotype to the serum
angiotensinogen concentration and blood pressure in blacks and
whites
h
Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphisms, plasma levels, and
left ventricular size in twins
h
Losartan versus gene therapy: Chronic control of high blood pressure
in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Hormonal aberrations
h
Essential hypertension is associated with low urinary levels of
angiotensin (1-7)
h
Angiotensin (1-7) potentiates vasodilation of bradykinin in
canine coronary artery by local release of nitric oxide
Vascular pathology
h
Intima-media thickness of carotid artery in patients with hypertensive
heart disease and hypertensive cardiomyopathy
Salt (sodium, chloride) sensitivity
h
Nocturnal blood pressure decline is attenuated by NaCl loading
in salt-sensitive patients with essential hypertension
Hypokalemia
h
Bartter's syndrome is caused by mtations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter
Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure
Cardiovascular/Hypertension
d
Functional expression of CD40 on human coronary vascular smooth muscle
cells
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